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组合练(十)

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Whenitcomestohomedecoration,oneofthefirstopportunitieswegettoexpressourselvesisbychoosingwhichposterstotearoutofmagazinesandstickonourteenagebedroomwalls.Sowhywasthehumblepostersopopular?Thesimplestargumentisthatitallowschildrenandteenstomatchtheirbedroomstotheirpersonality.Adolescenceisatimewhenwelongforindependenceandavoice,andpostersallowthatfreedom.Thisisparticularlyimportantatatimewhenthebedroomisanimportantspaceawayfromthepressuresofschool,annoyingbrothersorsistersandparentswhoseemtogooutoftheirwaytocauseembarrassment.

Anotheradvantageofpostersasafirstattemptintodecorationistheirtransience.Buyingmagazineswithpin-upsofyourfavouritecelebritiesisamoreaffordableandlesstime-consumingalternativetodecoratingabedroomand,onceafashionpasses,posterscaneasilybetakendown.

Myownwallswerecoveredwithpostersfromayoungage.Attheriskofsoundingstrange,swappingmypostersaroundwasahobbyduringmyteenageyears.I’dcommithourstorearrangingthemonmywall,ensuringeveryinchwascovered.

ResearchconductedbyGeorgeHomeAsdain2017showedjust7percentofteenshadpostersontheirwallscomparedto78percentinthe1990s,largelyduetothe“plainwallsandfairylightsaesthetics(美学)”favouredbyinfluencers.TheexperimentalteenagebedroomsofGenX(指出生在1965年至1980年的人)andMillennialsaregone,andnowtransformingstraightintoamoreadultspace.

It’ssadtothinkyoungpeoplearemissingsomethingthatplayedsuchabigpartofyouthculture,buttimeshavemovedon.Andiftheloveofallthingsold-fashionedcontinuestobeinfluencedbynostalgic(怀旧的)shows,perhapstheposterwillenjoypopularityagain.Whoknows?Assomeonewhofoundsomuchjoyintheposters,Ireallydohopeso.

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